Spike Jonze’s latest vehicle is, once again, a movie that fulfills a strong storyline, creates complex characters and will fill audience’s heads with questions. Unlike Where the Wild Things Are, which I thought had incredibly intriguing ideas on character analysis but did not really fulfill me from an entertainment standpoint, her captured my interest early […]
Blue Jasmine – It’s been way too long since I’ve seen a good Woody Allen film. I forgot how many feels I could have all at once. I was happy, sad, irritated and wowed by the incredible performances all at the same time. Kate Blanchett’s monologue in the opening scene is downright amazing. Then, watching her […]
Male dominance, obsessive egocentrism, and ruthless competitiveness have always been a part of Hollywood’s paradigm. Whether comically or dramatically stated in numerous Hollywood features…
The worst thing you can say about The Wolf of Wall Street is that there’s too much of it. Thematically, though, that’s appropriate, since it’s all about the way that excess breeds excess, so it only makes sense that the movie be an indulgent orgy of Martin Scorsese’s best and worst cinematic impulses. Telling […]
I’m sure I’m not blowing anyone’s mind here when I say that David O. Russell is one of the greatest directors of our generation. He’s definitely in my personal top 5. And the biggest thing that links together O’Russell’s work, and which speaks to me personally, is his absolute dedication to characters who are trying […]
A while ago, while watching Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., I found myself seriously wondering if I was over superheroes. It’s blasphemy, I know. But I just felt like their stories had lost the ability to really entertain me. And I wonder if the whole Marvel thing – the ambitious, multi-picture, world-spanning insanity of it – was […]
These last couple of years or so have been very big for the, now proven but always sort of suspected, multi-talented artist, director, producer, Joseph Gordon-Levitt. Having secured and fairly prominent roles in critically acclaimed films such as 500 Days Of Summer, The Dark Knight, Inception, and Looper, Levitt has certainly made a name for […]
The Spanish phenomena in filmmaking, Pedro Almodovar, who has received a worldwide recognition for his string of masterpieces: All About My Mother (1999), Talk to Her (2002), Volver (2006), Broken Embraces (2009), etc. cheers up his followers with one, bizarre as ever, film parody I’m So Excited! Essential in their graphic explorations of sexuality, Almodovar’s […]